The history of a community often rests in the timber framing of an old building – such as the historic St Michael’s Church in West Auckland.

 

For 50 years, until the mid 1960s, it was the home of the Anglican church in Henderson. It was a focus of community life as the area developed from rural community to modern urban area. But by the mid-1990s it had been replaced and was under threat of demolition.

The church was moved to the Corbans Estate Arts Precinct and the Henderson Heritage Trust developed a heritage plan to protect the fragile wooden building. Now restored, it has started a new life as part of the arts precinct.

In 2007/08 an ASB Community Trust grant helped toward the restoration project.

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